Zero Punctuation: Dark Void

[mGoLos]

Thanks for the heads up. I hate short games.

 

[ssgt splatter]

Good job. Bioshock 2 comes out on the 9th so that'll be very interesting for me since I liked the first one so much.

 

[MR T3D]

Yeah...I wasn't too hot on Dark Void, and now I know I won't play it at all. Jetpacks sound fun AWESOME though.

so lose to my thoughts, needed one correction.

 

[Deus Encarmine]

I literally choked when I saw the meter jump. Well... I enyojed this video, as I did all the others, but damn, the meter got me.

 

[Gregor Hakha]

I don't if it's my buggered controller,but whenever i pressed Y to fly,he did a nosedive and i had to slam the control stick down (or up,it may have been inverted flight controls that are usually inverted anyway) to stop him burying his head in the sand.
couldn't stand this game at all.
good review though.

 

[ssgt splatter]

"It's down, then up, then down again, like an alzheimer's patient on a stairlift."

A great closing line, as always.

If a little mean-spirited

 

[MasterMayhem117]

I won't be getting the game, but it's nice to know that developers are trying something new. Maybe somday they'll also get it right.

Well, there are always developers trying something new, as Yahtzee graciously points out frequently as he is, after all, our overlordly master of all fantasticalness with a bristish accent. Where was I going with this? -- Right.. There are always developers trying something new. Unfortunately, people as a whole are so sheepish and retarded (see any Facebook group that suggests its members will not pay for Facebook and look jsut how many idiots have joined thinking they are actually protesting something that might happen.. Say it with me, it will never happen, it will never fucking happen, Facebook makes money out the ass with their ads alone to support their servers... And drug addictions..) Wait.. -- Right.. So sheepish and retarded that they'll continue to buy the same game as long as they add a number to the end.. See also: Halo.. It's more of an expansion pack than a new game..

The fact of the matter is, developers who try new stuff will always be plagued by the masses who will cry out in unity, "This is not Halo!!!!" and proceed to gloss over the different games in search of something more comfortable, sort of like a kid who carries around an old raggedy security blanket that wreaks of moldy cheese and despair. Until the world as a whole removes its cranium from its rectum, games like this that have the potential to rock the very foundation of your mind with just how awesome they are, will always have problems with funding and actually finishing a game to what they wanted it to be.. And until then, we're stuck with, "Man this game is getting gre---- ****CREDITS****

 

[greyhairdgamer]

great review as always. from what i played of the demo it didn't really interest me much anyways

 

[Jaebird]

This review has probably the best similes I've ever heard. Kudos!

 

[rees263]

Dark Void didn't appeal to me anyway. Loved the Crimson Skies reference though.

 

[Racecar1994]

Hmm. You've actually gone and made it sound really interesting. I filed this game in the same place as haze and terminator salvation, and here you are telling me it's slightly enjoyable... cool.

I have to say I loved the dead space joke. As a fan of it, I've constantly been through those moments and inevitably have been murdered. No matter how annoying the cheap death was, I always found it amusing to see Isaac disappear for a few moments, then see him reappear with three limbs off.

 

[Mr. Socky]

Ironically enough, for a lackluster game, this is one of the games I'd really like to see a sequel for. The innovative idea of um, jetpacks plus guns plus freedom could equal wonderfully shooty fun... if it gets a budget next time, anyway.

 

[WolfMage]

Down, up then down again.
Hmm, that reminds me of:
Last night with your mum
My breakfast this morning
Anytime me and me chums go drinking
Or any other humorus shit you could pin that to.

Excelent review as per always, better than most.
"With cleavage that could hold up a fucking Christmas tree."
Best bit right there.

 

[hamster mk 4]

Just want to remind Yahtzee and the Escapist community that Jetpacks has been an integral part of game play in Tribes 1, 2, & vengeance. Also from what I hear Shattered Horizon also implements some interesting jet pack mechanics. However they are all multi player focused so I guess they don?t exist for Yahtzee.

It does take balls on the part of the developer to include such a freedom enhancing tool such as a jet pack. When the ceiling no longer boxes you in to a room, your level designer's job becomes a lot more difficult.

 

[Jay D Gee]

Alzheimer's patient on a stair lift is your best metaphor yet.

 

[Tears of Blood]

Hmm. Think I'm gonna' rent it now. Didn't even plan to before seeing this video.

It'd be worth it just to check out the zany jetpack combat.

 

[reg42]

Great video. I must admit i was never really interested in this game, the jetjack doesn't sell it for me.

 

[GoodShrapnel]

hilarious!

 

[Lord Doomhammer]

I am always on the lookout for a game where i can paint walls with body parts and rocket engines... so I'm probably gonna have to check this out.

 

[Dectilon]

Dark Void Zero is actually an easier sell. I might get that, but probably not the full game. I might kick myself for that later because I did the same with Bionic Commando 09, and that game is actually tons of fun once you get the hang of it.